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<blockquote data-quote="skeeter" data-source="post: 375592" data-attributes="member: 439"><p>Does he actually like to read - just not the "assigned" books?</p><p></p><p>Both of mine absolutely HATED the Accelerated Reader program. Both of mine read way above grade level. The books in the program bored them. They were about subjects they had no interest in. So they wouldn't read them, which meant they wouldn't take the tests to bump them up to levels (which they could read at) where the books would be of interest.</p><p></p><p>Some teachers were fine with letting them read whatever books they wanted, as long as they could somehow prove they read them (NL read the entire Lord of the Rings between 2nd and 3rd grade). Other teachers were sticklers and insisted they could ONLY read the Accelerated Reader books at "their" assigned level. When my oldest was in 2nd grade, that meant "Goose Bump" books which I thought were little more than comic books without pictures.</p><p></p><p>I was never so glad as when the school dropped that program.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, if he likes to read, just not assigned books, perhaps you can work with the teacher to give him credit for those he does like, as long as they are grade appropriate or above.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="skeeter, post: 375592, member: 439"] Does he actually like to read - just not the "assigned" books? Both of mine absolutely HATED the Accelerated Reader program. Both of mine read way above grade level. The books in the program bored them. They were about subjects they had no interest in. So they wouldn't read them, which meant they wouldn't take the tests to bump them up to levels (which they could read at) where the books would be of interest. Some teachers were fine with letting them read whatever books they wanted, as long as they could somehow prove they read them (NL read the entire Lord of the Rings between 2nd and 3rd grade). Other teachers were sticklers and insisted they could ONLY read the Accelerated Reader books at "their" assigned level. When my oldest was in 2nd grade, that meant "Goose Bump" books which I thought were little more than comic books without pictures. I was never so glad as when the school dropped that program. Anyway, if he likes to read, just not assigned books, perhaps you can work with the teacher to give him credit for those he does like, as long as they are grade appropriate or above. [/QUOTE]
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